My new work “Intimate / Distant” and “De-gentrifying my Parents Block” that I produced during the pandemic while at International Center of Photography (ICP) is being showcased along with selections from “(Dis)Placed in Sunset Park” as part of a group exhibition entitled “Brooklyn Utopias: 2020” at the historical Old Stone House in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Degentrifying My Parents‘ Block (2020)
More about the pieces in the show - Click HERE
The show opened on August 20th and will be up in the space until October 2020.
You can also physically visit the show “social distance” style at the beautiful historical landmark in Park Slope. Gallery hours by appointment; please call 718-768-3195 Friday-Sunday, Noon – 3 pm.
More info Click HERE
Photos from COVID-19 “New Normal” Opening on August 20th, 2020
About the exhibition:
Brooklyn Utopias: 2020 addresses Brooklyn’s past, present and future by inviting artists to consider differing visions of an ideal Brooklyn. Participating artists also explore how Brooklyn has continued to change over the past decade, and if/how it can serve as a model for urban and American living on a national scale as we navigate a global pandemic in a time of unprecedented social, political and environmental turmoil. Brooklyn Utopias also implies the possibilities (or limitations) of art in creating a better world. In 2020, in the midst of a tense national election season, COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd and others have brought heightened attention and urgency to the need to address Brooklyn’s persistent socioeconomic and racial inequities. Brooklyn Utopias: 2020 responds to our current moment with artworks that implicitly or explicitly suggest that a Brooklyn Utopia, especially in the COVID era, must involve not only a safe, healthy and affordable physical environment that nurtures the borough’s diverse communities and landmarks. It also demands a greater collective spirit and the rejection of “unhealthy levels of independence,” in the words of artist Jody Wood, who has created a virtual Independence Treatment Center to mitigate this condition. Diane Exavier’s Every Body Remains a Miracle installation and book-making workshop asks, “How do we care for our neighbors when the amenities of new construction seduce tenants into exceedingly more private life?” (and when those with the means may choose to abandon Brooklyn for suburban and rural alternatives?) #BrooklynUtopias2020